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Commissioners authorize application for COPS law enforcement mental health grant
Summary
Valley County authorized staff to submit application materials to continue the sheriff's peer-support and law-enforcement mental-health program under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) law enforcement mental health and wellness act grant process.
Valley County commissioners authorized staff to submit the required documents to apply for a Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) law enforcement mental health and wellness act grant to continue the sheriff's peer-support and mental-health program.
County staff explained the application process involves multiple steps and portals that may require commissioners' signatures at more than one stage. Staff said they would coordinate with the sheriff's office on timing and notify commissioners when additional signatures are needed.
A commissioner said the peer-support program has been effective and moved to approve the application signatures; the motion passed by voice vote.
Why it matters: the grant would fund continuation of peer-support and mental-health services for the sheriff's office; staff noted the multi-step application process can require repeated commission sign-offs.
The board did not discuss programmatic changes to the peer-support program during this item; the vote authorized only the application signatures and related submission steps.
